FLDPF - Florida Drowning Prevention Foundation

Congratulations to one of our scholarship swimmers pictured here! We are so grateful that his parents wanted him to learn to swim and applied for a scholarship!

In the last 21 days, we approved 110 swim scholarship applications - these are families who could not afford swim lessons! Some have children with special needs, and we are so grateful to an anonymous donor who funded 49 special needs children to learn to swim!

These 110 children will be sponsored in part by Arthrex, The League Club, Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation, Kiwanis Club of Cape Coral, FL, Bone Hook Brewery & Restaurant, Collier County Bar Association and other individuals.

These children are from the following cities in Florida:

Naples - 49
Ave Maria - 2
Cape Coral - 15
Bonita Springs - 2
Fort Myers - 12
Lehigh Acres - 13
Estero - 1
Deland - 1
Kissimmee - 4
Lake Worth - 1
Orlando - 1
Tavares - 3 (triplets)
Miami - 3
North Miami - 1
Panama City - 1
Sarasota - 1

At $210 per scholarship, the cost for our Foundation will be $23,100. Our grants and fundraising efforts have been great, but still not enough. The demand is GREAT, and the funds go fast. If you can donate, you will be saving lives!

Please go to https://www.fldpf.org/ and donate today!!

According to the Department of Children and Families in Florida, so far in 2026, there have been 28 child drownings - 25 were 8 years old and under - 10 were 3 and under! Help us reduce these numbers!

Thank you to our Treasurer, Paola De Aza, for being at the Collier Mosquito Control District Open House today! Come on out until 1 PM and get a free door alarm if you don’t have one, information on water safety and a Water Watcher tag, reminding adults to keep the family safe!

We will be at the Collier Mosquito Control District Open House on Saturday! Come visit us at our vendor booth and learn about our swim scholarships and free door alarms! We look forward to meeting you and your family!